![]() ![]() We heard a rumbling, as if machinery was in motion. We started in a northwesterly direction through the Nodaway bluffs, towards Nickol's Grove, and when passing through the grove, We (a young man and myself) had a little corn bread and some meat, a meal or so, but no blankets or overcoats. Where Hollister's Mill was afterwards built. We were here on a hunting expedition and to look at the country. County, was in October, 1841, in company with three other persons. I passed the cabin of Joseph Robidoux, which then occupied the spot where the city of St. The following was prepared by one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of Holt County, who is still living, (a/o 1882) and now resides in the town of Oregon:ĭuring September, 1841, I left the State of Indiana, passed through Illinois, part of Iowa, and came to Andrew County, Missouri, where I remained about three weeks. Source: History of Holt and Atchison County, 1882
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